Bandar Lengeh (IRBDH)

The port handles general cargo, containers and has a passenger terminal.

Bandar Lengeh is located in Hormozgan province on the coast of the Persian Gulf.

LOA 234.88m, beam 38m, draught 3.4m, 92,071DWT.

Approx 2,600,000t of cargo, 115,000TEU, 1,00 vessels and 90,000 passengers handled annually.

Anchorage may be obtained E of the outer breakwater head in depths of between 7.0m and 10.0m, mud; anchorage has been obtained about 2nm SSW of the outer breakwater head in depths of over 15.0m. These anchorages are sheltered except for SW winds which can raise a heavy sea.

The port is approached from the NW part of the Strait of Hormuz passing SE of Ra's-e Khargu. The harbour is entered from SSW through a 135m wide entrance between breakwaters from which lights (lateral) are exhibited. An inner pier divides the harbour from near the middle of its NW side. Controlling depth: A depth of 3.5m lies in the entrance between the breakwater heads.

BA 3409, NP286(3), Admiralty Pilot NP63.

A radio mast (red obstruction lights) (26°33.0'N 054°53.1'E) stands close W of the root of inner harbour pier; another radio mast stands about 0.6nm NNW.

Mean spring range approx 1.7m, mean neap range approx 0.8m. Tidal streams off Bandar Lengeh set SW with the ingoing stream and NE with the outgoing, at rates of between 0.25kt and 0.75kt.